John Guth

The winner of the 38th Annual World Series of Poker, Event #36 - WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship held in 2007, John Guth is among the most colorful characters in the professional poker world. 2007 WSOP Bracelet has catapulted John Guth into the league of big poker players; a status he has rightly justified by some good performances this year as well. The extremely talented poker player, John Guth is currently based in Vancouver, Washington, United States. He also plays online under the name, “Sir Scoopalot” and has been known to play Pot-Limit Omaha online for $25/$50 Pot-Limit, $50/$100 and do well.

An interview that John Guth did with Pokerlistings.com just after his famous WSOP win in 2007, brought to the fore the personality that John Guth is – erratic but very interesting. Born in the year 1981, John Guth has had a tough childhood, having lost his father at the age of eighteen. Needless to say, surviving was not easy for John Guth with him having to work full time during his senior school days. He also admitted the fact that he has been foolish when it came to handling money and has seen days when he lived paycheck to paycheck.

John Guth started playing poker in around 2004. Jeremy Harkin, sponsor during his early poker days, initiated him into the game of Pot-Limit Omaha. John Guth had his first significant finish at the Orleans Open 2006 tournament. Playing in his favorite event, Omaha Hi/Lo, John Guth ended up with a second place finish and also the $12,695 prize money. He followed this with another sterling performance bagging the first place finish at the 2006 St. Maarten Fall WorldPokerShowdown, Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event. Ever since there has been no turning back for John Guth and he has established his place as a fine poker player by winning his only WSOP bracelet in 2007.

The 38th Annual World Series of Poker, Event #36 - WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship had John Guth heads up with Robert Stevanovski on the final table. Both the players had huge support camps who kept cheering after every hand. Evenly matched for quite some time, the final table heads up changed after John Guth managed to gather some momentum and slowly started to chip away the stacks from his opponents. Eventually John Guth took all the chips away from his opponent going on to win his maiden Gold WSOP Bracelet along with the $363,216 cash prize.

Although the year 2008 is yet to witness the amazing success John Guth is now an established professional poker player and plays in most of the major poker tournaments.

Important Winnings and Recent Results for John Guth:

• 15th place at The Grand Poker Series, Event #6 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, held on Jun 11, 2008; prize money: $468
• 43rd place at the 39th World Series of Poker 2008, in Event #16 - WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, held on Jun 8, 2008; prize money: $4,529
• 17th place at the Deep Stack Extravaganza, in Event #8 - Omaha Hi/Lo, held on Jun 5, 2008; prize money: $984
• 1st place at the 38th Annual World Series of Poker, in Event #36 - WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship, held on Jun 21, 2007; prize money: $363,216
• 1st place at the St.Maarten Fall WorldPokerShowdown, in Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event, held on Nov 9, 2008; prize money: $2,620
• 2nd place at The Orleans Open 2006, in Omaha Hi/Lo event, held on Jul 4, 2006; prize money: $12,695
• 6th place at the Fall Poker - Round Up tournament, in Event #8 - Omaha Hi/Lo, held on Nov 10, 2005; prize money: $2,025
  

JohnGuth Quick Facts: 

• Number of Cashes: 7
• Total Career Winnings: $386,537
• Number of First Place Finishes: 2
• Total WSOP Bracelets: 1
• ProRank 1 Position: 3438
• ProRank 2 Position: 8261